COLOMBO Sri Lankan officials revised the death toll from Easter Sunday bombings down by about 100 on Thursday, blaming the difficulty in identifying body parts at bomb scenes for the earlier inaccurate number. | Video
COLOMBO Sri Lankan housewife Fathima Fazla thought of her neighbours in the grand three-storey home across the street as the wealthy celebrities of her humble Colombo suburb. She had no idea how infamous they would become.
COLOMBO Sri Lankan housewife Fathima Fazla thought of her neighbors in the grand three-storey home across the street as the wealthy celebrities of her humble Colombo suburb. She had no idea how infamous they would become.
COLOMBO Sri Lankan housewife Fathima Fazla thought of her neighbours in the grand three-storey home across the street as the wealthy celebrities of her humble Colombo suburb. She had no idea how infamous they would become.
By Shihar Aneez, Ranga Sirilal, Joe Brock and Sanjeev Miglani
By Shihar Aneez, Ranga Sirilal, Joe Brock and Sanjeev Miglani
COLOMBO More than 200 people were killed and at least 450 injured in bomb blasts that ripped through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, the first major attack on the Indian Ocean island since the end of a civil war 10 years ago. | Video
COLOMBO Sri Lanka's central bank left its key interest rates unchanged on Monday, but said it could cut rates in future to boost an economy struggling in the wake of a political crisis and sluggish private sector credit growth.
* Sri Lanka government finances shaky amid higher debts (Adds central bank governor comment)
COLOMBO Sri Lanka's central bank is expected to leave its key interest rates steady on Monday, a Reuters poll showed, but analysts aren't ruling out an easing as the rupee steadies and policymakers aim to boost economic growth ahead of elections.
At the first major news conference of his presidency, Emmanuel Macron pledged to cut taxes on Thursday and said the French would have to work longer as he outlined his response to months of anti-government protests that have shaken his authority.